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CYRUS PIM-XTNER,y OF ELLSWORTH, KANSAS.

SHOE-POLISH-APPLYING BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,140, dated December 2, 1902.

Application iiled June 28, 1902. Serial No. 113,666. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUs PLATNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellsworth, in the county of Ellsworth and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Polish-Applying Brushes, of which the following is a'specification.

This invention relates to a brush for applying liquid blacking or shoe-polish; and the object of the same is to provide a simple and eective device of this class having a structural organization, including a tubular handle, to form a chamber and provided with a regulating outiiow attachment of a particular form to which suitable applying devices are secured.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a brush embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the feed-controllin g plug, which also serves as a head for securement of the brush devices. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2.

Similarmumerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l designates a tubular handle of suitable dimensions and having an upper open end closed by a removable cap 2, where by liquid bla-cking or shoe-polish may be disposed in the said handle. The lower end of the handle is practically closed by a thickcned terminal 3, having a central conical opening 4 extending therethrough, the bot-i tom of the chamberformed in the handle being slightly contracted, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, to facilitate the outiow of the contents of the handle through the opening 4. The thickened terminal 3 is circu mferentially shouldered, as at 5, and formed with exterior.

screw-threads to adj ustably receive a sleeve 6, having an upper shouldered extremity formed withV interior corresponding screwthreads and adapted to it flush with the outer surface oi the handle 1. The upper end of the handle 1 is also reduced to permit the cap 2 to have a flush application with relation to the exterior surface of the said handle, and the exterior surfaces of the sleeve and the cap are milled or otherwise roughened for convenience in removing, applying, or adjusting the same. The sleeve 6 has inner screw-threads 7, in which a plug 8 is removably fitted and of the form shown by Fig. 3. The plug 8 is substantially rectangular in form and has its opposite ends 9 screwf threaded to removably engage the threads 7 of the sleeve, and centrally rising from the top of the plug is a conical valve-pin 10 to fit in the conical opening 4 in the center of the thickened terminal 3 of the handle. The opposite sides of the plug are formed with vertical grooves 11, and extending transversely through the plug in horizontal planes are opposite openings or eyes l2. Secured to the opposite sides of the plug are felt or other absorbent strips 13, having their upper ends attached to the plug by means of a cord or other strand 14 passed therethrough and through the openings or eyes l2. The rectangular shape of the head 8 permits the upper ends ofthe strips 13 to extend into the sleeve 6, and the grooves l1 act to secure the.

upper ends of the said strips firmly in place when the plug 8 is inserted in the sleeve and relieve to a great degree the wearing strain and tendency to breakage of the cord or other strand 14.

The tubular handle 1 is filled with liquid blacking or shoe-polish, and when it is desired to feed the latter from the handle the sleeve 6 is rotated in such direction as to cause the conical pin 10 to move downwardly through the conical pin 4 and partially open the latter, the quantity of the blacking or polish permitted to pass through said opening depending upon the degree of downward adjustment of the pin 10. The blacking or polish passing through the opening 4 runs upon theupper ends of the strips 13, which are fully exposed within the sleeve 6 below the terminal 3, and the said strips 13 absorb and feed the blacking or polish downward by capillary attraction, and thereby thoroughly saturate the said strips. When the saturation has been effected, the strips are drawn over the shoe or boot tobe polished after the manner of an ordinary dauber or brush. When the blacking or polish has been applied to the shoe or boot as desired, the sleeve 6 is reversely turned to cause the IOO pin 10 to move upwardly into and close the opening 4L and prevent the supply of blacking or polish contained Within the handle l from being Wasted.

When the brush is not in use, a cap or closure l5 is removably applied over the strips 13 and placed in engagement with the sleeve 6, which has a lower circumferential seat 16 to receive said cap or closure. After the cap is applied the brush may be placed in close relation to other articles without liability of staining or injuring the latter.

By this means blacking or polish can be conveniently applied and economically used, and though the preferred form of the device has been shown itwill be understood that changes in the proportions, dimensions, and minor details may be resorted to Without departing from the principle of the invention.

'CYRUS PLATNER.

Witnesses:

GEo. T. TRIMBLE, GEO. G. VANDERVEER. 

